Recent Entries from North East PeaceMovable Type Pro 4.382014-03-18T11:52:44Zhttp://www.kcet.org/user/profile/eakaplan/feed/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=feed&_type=posts&username=North%20East%20PeaceBuilding a Message: Fix San Fernando Road ASAP!!!!!tag:www.kcet.org,2014:/socal/departures/youthvoices//690.710392014-03-18T18:52:44Z2014-06-18T19:58:22ZOur next steps is to continue informing people on twitter about what is happening with our project. Other members of the community can get involved by encouraging the City Council to make San Fernando Rd. a safer place. North East Peacehttp://www.kcet.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=690&id=17291

Youth Voices is working with students from the Los Angeles River School to re-imagine the L.A. River and the surrounding communities as part of the Northeast Los Angelels Riverfront Collaborative. The students have formed teams to explore and investigate their communities, map assets, collect and share stories, data and community input for their projects. All the while they are learning and expanding their knowledge of digital media and civic engagement. Follow their work here and on Instagram and Twitter by using #kcetyv.

We selected San Fernando Rd. as our community cause because we believe that adding stop lights, a bike lane, along with fixing the pot holes and adding wider/extensive sidewalks will improve our community.

Here are some comments we received on our website:

Very quickly we learned that we had to improve our presentation skills to talk to the public more efficiently. We needed to do this because in order to accomplish our goal we had to talk to the community, share our ideas for the street, and hear their voices on what they wanted to see done.

We learned that one step to fix San Fernando Rd. is to contact and request services from the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services. We tried to contact them for an interview but we were not able to schedule anyone.

An important thing we learned from this project is that in order to make something happen in the neighborhood you should go talk to the Neighborhood Council. We presented our community cause there and received support for our idea and our design. They encouraged us to continue to push for our project and talk to Council Member Gil Cedillo's office in order to fix San Fernando Rd. by adding stop lights, a bike lane, fixing the pot holes and adding wider, more extensive sidewalks.

Our next steps is to continue informing people on twitter about what is happening with our project. Other members of the community can get involved by encouraging the City Council to make San Fernando Rd. a safer place.

Fix San Fernando Road ASAP!!!!!

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Compiling the Evidence: Making San Fernando Road Safer for Studentstag:www.kcet.org,2014:/socal/departures/youthvoices//690.707842014-03-07T20:45:58Z2014-06-18T22:44:22ZOur team chose this community cause because San Fernando Rd. is the street that we always take to school. North East Peacehttp://www.kcet.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=690&id=17291

Youth Voices is working with students from the Los Angeles River School to re-imagine the L.A. River and the surrounding communities as part of the Northeast Los Angelels Riverfront Collaborative. The students have formed teams to explore and investigate their communities, map assets, collect and share stories, data and community input for their projects. All the while they are learning and expanding their knowledge of digital media and civic engagement. Follow their work here and on Instagram and Twitter by using #kcetyv.

Describe the cause your team identified, investigated and documented.
Our community cause project is improving San Fernando Road. The street has narrow sidewalks and no bike lane. Cyclists who try to ride there are in danger of getting run over by cars.

Why did your team select this cause?
Our team chose this cause because San Fernando Road is the street that we always take to school. So we need to make a difference by pushing for wider sidewalks and a bike lane.

What did you learn about this issue in the community?
We learned that working with the community makes a big difference. Community members are the ones who should have the biggest voice in changes throughout the community.

What did the community have to say about your cause? Were you surprised by any information they provided or did they confirm your ideas?
When we presented to the Cypress Park Neighborhood Council, some of the members told us that they have already been talking about putting more lights because it is too dark; and also some bike lanes.

Did they provide possible solutions to the community cause your team identified?
Yes, they provided possible solutions related to the new housing on San Fernando Road -- there is an opportunity to have wider sidewalks and more lights there.

What are other ideas towards improving this aspect of your community that you've come up with or discovered?
Some ideas on improving the community were to get help from City Councilmembers, and develop a petition to make San Fernando Road a better place.

What is the community support for your cause?
Members of the Neighborhood Council said they are willing to help us on our community cause, and also Jose Rodriguez from Councilmember Gil Cedillo's said he would try to help us.

How does your team plan on encouraging community involvement in your team's cause?
We plan on continuing our call to put more lights, bike lanes and widen the sidewalks on San Fernando Road. We need to connect with all the people that go to school, work and live near the street. These are the people who would be most affected by its improvement.

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Community Outreach: Surveying Students on the Condition of San Fernando Rd.tag:www.kcet.org,2014:/socal/departures/youthvoices//690.696752014-02-06T21:30:46Z2015-01-06T18:16:49ZFor our outreach effort, we created a survey that included 5 questions, and passed it out to juniors and seniors.North East Peacehttp://www.kcet.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=690&id=17291

Youth Voices is working with students from the Los Angeles River School to re-imagine the L.A. River and the surrounding communities as part of the Northeast Los Angeles Riverfront Collaborative. The student teams are exploring and investigating their communities by mapping assets, conducting outreach, and collecting stories through interviews with local residents and experts. Follow their work here and on Twitter and Instagram at #kcetyv.

As North East Peace (N.E.P.), we have decided to focus on improving conditions on San Fernando Road. We want to raise awareness about improving this busy road and make a push for adding stop lights, a bike lane, as well as fixing the pot holes and adding wider sidewalks. We feel that creating a wider, safer San Fernando Road will improve our community.

For our outreach effort, we created a survey that included five questions, and passed it out to juniors and seniors during class. Here are some of the responses we received:

We got the students' attention by asking them what changes they would like to see on San Fernando Road. The result of the activity was very successful because many people had strong ideas on what they want on San Fernando Road.

Some information we received came when we asked the people on the survey "How do you get to school?" Many said they usually come by car or bus. On the next question we asked, "What were your concerns on San Fernando Road?" Some said the street needed more street lights.

Everybody in Los Angeles River School loved the survey. The majority of the people we surveyed said they wanted to see improvements on San Fernando Road, especially better sidewalks.

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What Would Make San Fernando Road a Safer Place for Students? tag:www.kcet.org,2014:/socal/departures/youthvoices//690.689632014-01-15T21:33:05Z2014-06-21T13:08:04Z NORTH EAST PEACE Members (N.E.P.) Andrew Flores: Speaker Richard Urquiza: Researcher Arturo Rodriguez: Alternative Speaker Israel Flor: Researcher Israel Borja: Supplier Jose Alvarez: Researcher What is something you want to improve in your neighborhood? San Fernando Road. We decided...North East Peacehttp://www.kcet.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=690&id=17291

What is something you want to improve in your neighborhood?
San Fernando Road. We decided that adding stop lights, a bike lane, along with fixing the pot holes and adding wider/extensive sidewalks will improve our community.

Why is it important to improve this aspect of your neighborhood?
A bike lane will help prevent bikers from getting into accidents. There have been many reports of bike accidents on San Fernando, if we can put a bike lane on San Fernando then people driving will know to use more caution. There is a bike lane on San Fernando Road but you can't really see it because it doesn't have a sign. If we had longer and wider sidewalks, it would be much safer for kids to walk home from school. Programming the street lights more efficiently during high traffic hours will also help to lessen traffic.

What are two possible ways that you can take action towards solving this issue?
We plan to improve this situation by advocating the creation of signs so drivers could identify that there is a bike lane and not hit people who are riding their bikes. We plan on presenting our project by advocating for it on social media. We can work with our teachers, and community members who have their own contacts to help us get the word out.